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surprise

Books about surprise for readers of all ages.

Cover of Alice's Birthday Pig

Alice's Birthday Pig

Tim Kennemore

Ages 5–10familysiblings

Cover of Mama's birthday surprise

Mama's birthday surprise

Elizabeth Spurr

Ages 4–8familylove

Cover of Surprise party

Surprise party

Gail Donovan

Ages 5–9friendshipcelebration

Cover of Monty's surprise

Monty's surprise

Karen Wallace

Ages 4–8surprisediscovery

Cover of Who's Driving?

Who's Driving?

Leo Timmers, Bill Nagelkerke

Ages 2–6animalsvehicles

Cover of The zoopendous surprise

The zoopendous surprise

Boots Hensel

Ages 4–8friendshipcelebration

Cover of Hide and go peep!

Hide and go peep!

Tom Stewart

Ages 0–3playanimals

Cover of Ruby Valentine and the sweet surprise

Ruby Valentine and the sweet surprise

Laurie B. Friedman

Ages 3–7kindnessfriendship

Cover of Aunt CeeCee, Aunt Belle, and Mama's surprise

Aunt CeeCee, Aunt Belle, and Mama's surprise

Mary Quattlebaum

Ages 5–9familysurprise

Cover of Rosie's special surprise

Rosie's special surprise

Julia Rawlinson

Ages 3–7surprisenature

Cover of Ruby and Leonard and the great big surprise

Ruby and Leonard and the great big surprise

Judith Rossell

Ages 3–7friendshipbaking

Cover of Is There a Dog in This Book?

Is There a Dog in This Book?

Viviane Schwarz

Ages 2–6humorcuriosity

Cover of The wrong book

The wrong book

Nick Bland

Ages 4–8imaginationreading

Cover of Beware of the aunts!

Beware of the aunts!

Thomson, Pat

Ages 4–8familyhumor

Cover of Mr. Smith's surprising pet

Mr. Smith's surprising pet

Hilary Robinson

Ages 5–8petsschool

Cover of Monkey and Elephant and a secret birthday surprise

Monkey and Elephant and a secret birthday surprise

Carole Lexa Schaefer

Ages 3–7friendshipcelebration

Cover of Ntsiki's Surprise

Ntsiki's Surprise

Colleen C. Cousins, Wilhelmina Thebus, Ntsiki Jamnda, Elizabeth Hitchcock, Mel Todd

Ages 4–8surprisefolklore

Cover of Be Ready at Eight

Be Ready at Eight

Peggy Parish

Ages 6–10birthdayssurprise

Cover of Who's been eating my porridge?

Who's been eating my porridge?

M. Christina Butler

Ages 2–6curiositydiscovery

Cover of Christmas surprise

Christmas surprise

Jonathan Reed

Ages 2–6christmassurprise

Cover of You won't like this present as much as I do

You won't like this present as much as I do

Lauren Child

Ages 4–8giftsappreciation

Cover of Whose birthday is it?

Whose birthday is it?

Sherryl Clark

Ages 3–7birthdayscelebrations

Cover of Boo!

Boo!

Tracey Corderoy, Caroline Pedler

Ages 2–5playsurprise

Cover of The way it happened

The way it happened

Deborah Zemke

Ages 3–8humorimagination